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- Title
Newton's Law to the Rescue: Therapeutic Effects of Gravity Aiding the Management of a Migratory Venous Foreign Body--A Case Report.
- Authors
Nesargikar, Prabhu Nanjundeshwar; Grannell, Mark; Hinwood, David; Orme, Richard; Houghton, Andrew
- Abstract
The management of intravascular metallic foreign bodies (FB) can be difficult and challenging. We report a case of a migrating FB, initially within the femoral vein which subsequently migrated to the intrahepatic venacava. Following a change of posture, the metallic FB moved with gravity against the normal venous blood flow to the left renal vein. It was finally fixed in position in a peripheral branch of the renal vein using an intravascular stent. Employing gravity as a therapeutic intervention and the technique used in isolating the FB has not, to our knowledge, been reported before. A case is described, and the literature is reviewed.
- Subjects
CASE studies; GRAVITY; FOREIGN bodies; FEMORAL vein; BLOOD flow
- Publication
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 2009, Vol 43, Issue 4, p406
- ISSN
1538-5744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1538574409336481